Free Handwriting Worksheets

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If your child's handwriting needs improvement, try some of the free handwriting worksheets available online. Many children struggle with messy handwriting. The only sure way to improve is to practice, practice and practice some more.

Fun Free Handwriting Worksheets

Writing the same thing over and over can become tedious and boring. Children often lose interest in improving penmanship when faced with the same boring worksheets day in and day out. Hold your child's interest with these unique and fun worksheets you can print from the following sites:

Amazing Handwriting Worksheet Maker is a tool that will allow you to create your own handwriting worksheets. Create sheets with the child's name, a funny saying or a word that reminds your child of a favorite pet, toy or other object. The variety of being able to create worksheets with different phrases or words will also keep your child engaged. Choose from dot trace, dash trace or separated letters.

Denelean Free Handwriting Worksheet Maker offers worksheets in one of the most popular styles for learning to write cursive. Dots placed carefully on the page will help the child figure out the order in which to write the letter. Type in a phrase of your choosing, the child's name, a series of letters or a sentence. The site even explains the best way to print the worksheet on your printer and how to set up the page so it prints properly.

Preschool Free Handwriting Worksheets has many worksheets with single letters or small words such as "cat". It is never too early to begin teaching a child to write neatly and these worksheets create a great start toward early handwriting skills. Your preschooler can also learn things such as colors while practicing handwriting.

Handwriting for Kids has some really unique handwriting worksheets for sight words and picture words. The site also offers a links page with dozens of links to additional sites that have free handwriting worksheets.

I See Sam worksheets are available at this site. These worksheets feature cute characters that will help the child with writing and reading skills. There is also "Sid" a lovable horse that is reminiscent of the old yard mane horse stuffed toys.

Education World has many of the worksheets you'll find at other sites, but what is unique and wonderful about this site is the wealth of instructions and articles about teaching handwriting to kids, new techniques and discoveries.

Make it a Game

Turn handwriting practice into a game. Try to be creative and come up with your own ideas based on what your child loves, but here are a few to get you started:

Handwriting Races—Two or more children race to complete a set of words or a sentence. A judge then chooses the better of the two. This will teach children to write quickly but efficiently.

Calligraphy—Although not technically a game, calligraphy can be a fun way to teach children neat handwriting skills. Allow your child to address envelops, sign Christmas cards or create a journal cover. Inexpensive calligraphy sets for beginners can be purchased at most hobby and office supply stores and even some of the large scale retailers such as K-mart.

Neatest Poster Contest—Hold a contest for kids in your child's class, the neighborhood, family, friends or home school group. Let the kids label a poster on a theme and then judge whose poster is labeled the neatest. Make sure you set some rules beforehand, such as that they cannot use stencils and parents cannot do the work for the child!

I Can Do Better—Challenge your child to write a little better each day and give him a reward if he does. Notice that his "O" is a bit messy and not completely closed? Challenge him to improve it today and give him a reward when he does.

Be sure to praise your child for every small victory and improvement. Children thrive under encouragement. Since handwriting is particularly frustrating for an otherwise bright child who just struggles in this on area, your words of praise will go a long way toward making him want to work hard and improve his writing skills.

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